Wawa's hospital marked a major milestone on Monday.
The Lady Dunn Health Centre held a 75th anniversary celebration, with a number of dignitaries and guests in attendance - including current and former mayors and hospital employees or board members - as well as food and music, with CEO Kadean Ogilvie emphasizing the importance of the milestone.
Ogilvie noted festivities included a number of displays of pictures, past equipment, and more, ranging from when the hospital was opened by Algoma Ore Properties limited in 1951, through when it was given to the townspeople as a public hospital in 1965, its expansion in 1970, and the new facility in 2002, up to the current day.
Ogilvie emphasizes the "foundations laid in the 1960s" are those the hospital still works from now, and recognizes the "instrumental" support and involvement of the community since, hoping to continue that now and beyond, particularly through the Lady Dunn Health Centre Foundation, which has raised over $1.5-million since it was founded 19 years ago - the Foundation's currently raising funds for the purchase of ventilators through its newly launched "Every Breath Matters" campaign.